Military service
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Robert Eugene Drader
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Photo of Eugene Drader
Eugene joined the 51st Btn. June 15, 1915, in Edmonton. He was leading his company in the 49th Btn. assault at the Somme when he was shot through the spine. He was buried under fire near where he fell. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 819 of 1076. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 26, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y248uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of October 4, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y255uvic/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater -
Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal January 27th 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
From the Alberta/NWT Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
From the Alberta/NWT Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Eugene Drader
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Eugene Drader
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Eugene Drader
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Eugene Drader
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Eugene Drader
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Eugene Drader
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Eugene Drader
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Eugene Drader
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Eugene Drader
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 79 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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